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What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? At the moment, I’m interested in making my figures more abstract and moving beyond their visible form. It’s a kind of introspective process, a way of looking beneath the surface. I’m trying to capture something less tangible: the energy of nature and living beings, and the…

What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? Right now, I’m deeply fascinated by the emotional weight of atmosphere and light in landscape and floral motifs. Rather than just capturing a physical place, I am exploring how subtle shifts in color temperature and brushwork can evoke a feeling of quiet solitude, tranquility, or nostalgia.…

Your work often explores the concept of Inner Alchemy and transformation; can you share what that process feels like while you are creating, and how it shapes the final piece? The material world can fill up our thoughts with negative energy. I first start by writing dark poetry to purge any mental barriers. By doing so, I can connect with…

Your journey began in Singapore and blossomed in Sydney's vibrant Rocks district—how have these contrasting environments influenced the evolution of your pop art style and visual language? Back in Singapore, my style was completely different, and I knew nothing about pop art. It felt like a very Western language, and I only truly discovered it after moving to Sydney. Seeing…

As a self-taught artist who has journeyed from South America to Germany, how have your experiences across these cultures influenced the emotional language and energy in your abstract paintings? When I arrived in Germany, I didn't speak a single word of German. Looking back, I think that's exactly why I poured myself into painting. It was the way I had…

How has growing up in an artistic family in Moldova shaped your outlook on creativity and the kinds of stories you want your sculptures to tell? Growing up around art wasn't something I chose; it was simply the air I breathed. In my family, sculpture and craftsmanship were part of everyday life, not something separate or elevated. That closeness taught…

Your journey from Bulgaria to Canada, combined with your background in printmaking and book illustration, gives your work a rich cross-cultural perspective. How have these varied experiences influenced your current explorations of language and digital art? For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by the relationship between signs and the meanings they intend to convey or…

Your work often delves into themes such as identity, memory, and vulnerability using long-term conceptual series; how do you decide which personal or universal question becomes the foundation for a new project? For me, a new project usually starts with an idea that begins to develop in my mind. I may start thinking about a certain question, feeling, situation, or…

What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? I've begun to combine a couple of my latest series of work into more figurative pieces. These look at the social anxiety that information overload instills in many of us. They are elongated, twisted and distorted, but very exciting. Organic mixes with a mechanical, graphic interpretation…

What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? I am currently exploring how my paintings can move beyond the flat surface and become more sculptural. In my latest experiment, Anatomies of Becoming, fragments inspired by equine anatomy emerge from the canvas through clay and relief. The horse has long appeared in my work as…